Dr. Albert Esmailzadeh, who worked at Advantacare pain management clinic on Mason Avenue and in Melbourne, had reached a settlement with the Florida Department of Health that would have allowed him to continue practicing provided he didn’t see female patients, but the Board of Medicine threw out the agreement.

The doctor shouldn’t be allowed to see patients at all, said Bob Ratiner, a Miami attorney representing one of the alleged victims.

“This person right now is a danger,” Ratiner said.

“There is no reason he should be granted the privilege of the trust that is required in a physician-patient relationship.”

The settlement with the Florida Department of Health would have reprimanded Esmailzadeh and required him to complete continuing education courses, pay a $20,000 fine and not see female patients until he demonstrated he could do so safely.

The Board of Medicine voted unanimously to reject the settlement and begin proceedings to revoke Esmailzadeh’s license.

Esmailzadeh’s attorney, Richard Levenstein, declined to comment because the matter is still pending.

His client, who is certified in pain management by the American Board of Pain Medicine, is planning to contest the revocation, according to minutes of the Florida Board of Medicine’s meeting last week in Orlando.

Esmailzadeh started treating patients in January at Advantacare’s location at 1040 Mason Ave. in Daytona Beach.

He is accused of placing his hand down the underwear of a patient he was examining in January and rubbing his crotch against her buttocks.

He also is accused of inappropriately touching three other women while he was employed at The Back Center in Melbourne from January 2011 to August 2011.

Two of the women were receiving injections in their back while the alleged acts occurred.

In March, the Florida Department of Health issued an emergency order, barring him from seeing female patients.

The Melbourne Police Department investigated the allegations of abuse, but no criminal charges have been filed.

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